Marian Keyes When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out of Britain and America. I was all set to abandon it entirely. – Marian Keyes Abandon Quotes America Quotes Books Quotes Britain Quotes Despised Quotes Growing Quotes Imitations Quotes Irishness Quotes Music Quotes Poor Quotes Set Quotes Television Quotes Love and kindness go hand in hand. Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it’s different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an ‘added extra’ like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place.
Marjane Satrapi If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I’m happy, I just want to dance. – Marjane Satrapi
Claire Denis I can be unkind to someone in the street or in the subway – I’m a bad-tempered person – but I’m unable to be unkind to a character. They exist because of me, and I have responsibility for them. – Claire Denis
Chamillionaire I was never really like, ‘Oh, I wanna be famous,’ you know, ‘I wanna be a big rapper.’ I mean, I love rap, but it wasn’t just fame. – Chamillionaire
Rocco Buttiglione The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion It is an atheist, nihilistic religion – but it is a religion that is obligatory for all. – Rocco Buttiglione
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